Amateur dramatics in Glasgow

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Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, supports a large number of active amateur dramatics and musical theatre companies. Some of the larger companies use the professional stages at the King's Theatre, Theatre Royal and The Pavilion, and in the past the Alhambra Theatre. The Mitchell Theatre, run by Glasgow City Council, is one of the most popularly used theatres for amateur companies, as is the operated in the south side.

Musical theatre companies[]

• The Lyric Club formed in 1902
• Glasgow Light Opera Club (GLOC) originally formed in 1907 as the St Mungo Opera Club.^[1] The club is now known as the Glasgow Light Opera Club and performs a musical theatre production annually in the King's Theatre Glasgow. Since the club's inception in 1907, it has been part of its constitution that it supports charitable causes through its musical endeavours, both locally and internationally.^[2]
• formed in 1926, with their first production staged at the Theatre Royal, February 1927
• The Minerva Club formed in 1927
• New Victory Players established in 1945 are based in the South Side of Glasgow with members from all over the city. Productions are both Plays and Musicals.
• formed at Glasgow University in 1952
• Theatre Guild Glasgow formed in 1960
• formed in 1966
• Runway Theatre Company founded at Glasgow Airport as the Glasgow Airport Drama Club) in 1967 and renamed in 2007.^[3]
• Theatre South Productions formed in 1992
• formed in 2008
• Mad Props Theatre - Glasgow's charitable theatre initiative raising funds for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
• formed in the medical faculty of Glasgow University

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